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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

PAUL E. DUBREUIL, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND,

SHIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,676, dated April26, 1881.

Application filed March 2, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

that class which are made with a closed front.

and open upon the back. This class ofshirts (more desirable in somerespects than those opening upon the front) are objectionable in thisrespect, that the wearer has no access to his bosom when the shirt ison, and this often occasions great inconvenience, and sometimes verygreat irritation. Furthermore, in warm weather, shirts of this classoften occasion a great discomfort to the bosom of the wearer by reasonof the heat and lack of ventilation.

My invention consists of the particular arrangement of opening by whichthe hand may be introduced underneath the shirt-front without soilingthe bosom, and by which also the shirt-front is ventilated.

Heretoforeattempt has been made to remedy this difficulty by leavingopen a portion of the seam between the bosom of the shirt and the sideof the shirt-front which it adjoins. This opening would serve thepurposes for admitting the hand and of ventilation; but it is renderedimpracticable for the reason that that part of the bosom not attached tothe shirt-front is very difficult to be properly laundered, and isalmost certain to be wrinkled and bruised by the iron. Further, withthis particular construction the shirt is liable to be torn, and theexposed edges would soon become frayed and unsightly. Further than this,the opening ,would ordinarily be too near the center of the in thefrontand connected in the ordinary manner. It is represented in the drawingsat 0.

Upon one side of the front, preferably about midway between the edge ofthe bosom and 4 the armpit, I make an opening, D, which, as shown inFig. 1, is curved, with its convex edge toward the bosom. This is thepreferred form, for the reason that thereby the outside flap, the looseedge of which is concave, re- 0 tains its form better, and is lessliable to wrinkle. This opening is made large enough to admit freely thehand. It will be understood that the fiap covers the opening andconceals it from view.

It is not absolutely necessary that the opening be in the curved form.It may be made straight, as shown in Fig. 2, but in this case it shouldbe provided with the button 6.

I prefer to use a re-enforcement upon thefront, as shown in the figures,the lower edge of the re-enforcement being-indicated by the lines a a, yand with this reenforcemeiit"theopening-andmn the flap which covers itare retained more firmly in place, and this construction makes a betterappearance.

I am aware of the patents granted to T. Green, of September 19, 1876,and also that granted to J. S. Lester, of March 30, 1880, and desire tohave it understood that I limit my claims to the specificconstructionand arrangement shown by me.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- The described shirthaving a bosom, O,completely attached to the shirt-front, in combinationwith the opening D, formed in the shirtfront between the edge of thebosom and the armpit, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PAUL E. DUBREUIL.

Witnesses:

CHAS. B. MANN, S. J. Hnonr.

